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Game Preview: BOS @ LAA, 6:00pm, Sunday, July 20, 2008 @Angel Stadium

Boston Red Sox, 57-42, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 up in WC

SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 6-6, 3.60)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-6)            122.1  97  54  49  47  84 16    3.60      
 2007 (17-12)          189   191 104 100  64 110 22    4.76      
 2006 (7-11)           140   135  80  72  51  90 19    4.63      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  48.1  29  14  12  13  37  6    2.23   64 
 2008-07-12    BAL   W   7     2   1   1   1   6  1     100   74 
 2008-07-06   @NYY  ND   6.1   4   3   3   1   5  1      95   57 
 2008-07-01   @TBR   L   7     5   2   1   3   4  0     115   62 
 2008-06-25    ARI   W   7     2   0   0   1   6  0      89   78 
 2008-06-20    STL   L   7     7   4   3   3   4  2     114   50 
 2008-06-14   @CIN  ND   7     4   2   2   2   6  2      89   65 
 2008-06-07    SEA   W   7     5   2   2   2   6  0     106   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ANA      2-3  28.1  35  21  20  13  21  4    6.35   41 
 2007-08-07   @LAA   L   4     7   7   6   3   2  0      80   21 
 2007-04-13    LAA   W   7     5   1   1   2   3  0      82   64 
 2005-09-06    LAA   W   9     8   2   2   3   7  1     111   67 
 2005-08-18   @LAA   L   4.1   7   6   6   4   5  1      94   26 
 2004-07-17   @ANA   L   4     8   5   5   1   4  2      78   29 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-11   Road:   21-31   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  43-36   vsLHP:  14-6    1-Run:  14-16
 vsEast: 20-19   vsCntrl:15-5    vsWest: 11-11 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Sat, Jul 19  @LAA  L   2-4       57-42  2nd  1.5 gb
 98 Fri, Jul 18  @LAA  L   3-11      57-41  2nd  0.5 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 13   BAL  W   2-1       57-40  1st  0.5 up
 96 Sat, Jul 12   BAL  W  12-1       56-40  2nd  0.5 gb
 95 Fri, Jul 11   BAL  L   3-7       55-40  2nd  1.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul  9   MIN  W  18-5       55-39  2nd  2.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul  8   MIN  W   6-5       54-39  2nd  3.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul  7   MIN  W   1-0       53-39  2nd  4.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul  6  @NYY  L   4-5 (10)  52-39  2nd  5.0 gb
 90 Sat, Jul  5  @NYY  L   1-2       52-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 59-38, 1st, 8 up

SP: Jon Garland (28, RHP, 8-6, 4.20)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-6)            120   135  62  56  39  51 12    4.20      
 2007 (10-13)          208.1 219 114  98  57  98 19    4.23      
 2006 (18-7)           211.1 247 112 106  41 112 26    4.51      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  43.1  53  25  22  10  29  5    4.57   47 
 2008-07-11   @OAK   L   2.2  10   7   7   2   1  0      80    9 
 2008-07-06    TOR   W   9     6   1   1   0   3  1      98   74 
 2008-06-30    OAK   L   6     8   4   2   1   6  0     108   49 
 2008-06-24   @WSN   W   7     6   3   3   1   4  2     106   56 
 2008-06-18    NYM  ND   6     6   3   2   4   3  1     104   49 
 2008-06-13    ATL   L   5.2  12   5   5   1   4  0      76   28 
 2008-06-07   @OAK   W   7     5   2   2   1   8  1      93   66 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      1-3  29    37  22  21  11  16  4    6.52   40 
 2008-04-23   @BOS   W   6     8   4   4   2   1  1      82   39 
 2007-08-24    BOS   L   7     9   6   5   1   5  0     107   41 
 2007-07-22   @BOS   L   4.2   6   6   6   5   3  2     112   26 
 2006-09-04   @BOS  ND   6     5   1   1   1   3  0     104   60 
 2005-08-13   @BOS   L   5.1   9   5   5   2   4  1     108   32 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-20   Road:   31-18   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  42-32   vsLHP:  17-6    1-Run:  18-13
 vsEast: 14-9    vsCntrl:16-9    vsWest: 19-12 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Sat, Jul 19   BOS  W   4-2       59-38  1st  8.0 up
 96 Fri, Jul 18   BOS  W  11-3       58-38  1st  7.0 up
 95 Sun, Jul 13  @OAK  W   4-3       57-38  1st  6.0 up
 94 Sat, Jul 12  @OAK  W   4-1       56-38  1st  5.0 up
 93 Fri, Jul 11  @OAK  L   2-9       55-38  1st  4.0 up
 92 Thu, Jul 10  @TEX  W  11-10(11)  55-37  1st  5.0 up
 91 Wed, Jul  9  @TEX  L   4-5       54-37  1st  5.0 up
 90 Tue, Jul  8  @TEX  L   2-3       54-36  1st  5.0 up
 89 Mon, Jul  7  @TEX  W   9-6       54-35  1st  6.0 up
 88 Sun, Jul  6   TOR  W   7-1       53-35  1st  6.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 LAA  4  BOS  2        W:Jose Arredondo (4-0), L: Josh Beckett (9-6), S: Francisco Rodriguez (39)
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 LAA 11  BOS  3        W:John Lackey (7-2), L: Clay Buchholz (2-5), S: none
Thu, Apr 24, 2008 LAA  7 @BOS  5        W:Joe Saunders (4-0), L: Manny Delcarmen (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (9)
Wed, Apr 23, 2008 LAA  6 @BOS  4        W:Jon Garland (3-2), L: Craig Hansen (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (8)
Tue, Apr 22, 2008 BOS  7  LAA  6        W:Mike Timlin (2-1), L: Darren Oliver (1-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (8)

Sun, Aug 19, 2007 LAA  3 @BOS  1        W:Joe Saunders (7-1), L: Julian Tavarez (6-9), S: Francisco Rodriguez (31)
Sat, Aug 18, 2007 BOS 10  LAA  5        W:Curt Schilling (7-5), L: Jered Weaver (8-6), S: none
Fri, Aug 17, 2007 LAA  7 @BOS  5        W:Francisco Rodriguez (5-2), L: Eric Gagne (3-1), S: none
Fri, Aug 17, 2007 BOS  8  LAA  4        W:Clay Buchholz (1-0), L: John Lackey (15-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (29)
Wed, Aug 08, 2007 BOS  9 @LAA  6        W:Hideki Okajima (3-0), L: Justin Speier (1-3), S: Jonathan Papelbon (26)
Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 4-1; 2007 - BOS won 6-4; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - BOS leads 308-268

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid.
OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2008 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX  5.51

CLE  4.55

WSN  3.71

RA/G

OAK  3.67

CLE  4.50

TEX  5.91

BA

C. Jones  .374

A. Pierzynski  .283

T. Pena  .154

OBP

A. Pujols  .471

F. Catalanotto  .356

T. Pena  .176

SLG

L. Berkman  .642

D. DeJesus  .467

O. Vizquel  .192

OPS

A. Pujols  1.082

M. DeRosa  .818

T. Pena  .379

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.82

J. Sanchez  4.10

M. Hendrickson  6.09

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.81

G. Floyd  6.19

L. Hernandez  3.31

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.Garland
G/S/vB
66.Arredondo
G/S/vB
53.O'Day
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
62.Shields
G/S/vB
33.Speier
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Casey* G/S/vP 14/.522 ··· ··· 19/1.214 1/.000 5/.650 5/1.800 141/115 .364/.418/.465/.884 .945/.868 .708 30/.844 1/0 0/
36.Cash G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 101/80 .242/.307/.374/.681 .873/.631 .695 16/1.046 0/0 2/
13.Cora* G/S/vP 7/.715 ··· ··· 4/.750 2/.000 4/.500 6/1.100 72/65 .279/.380/.361/.741 1.071/.705 .713 17/.683 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 28/.480 ··· ··· 4/.833 6/1.166 12/.432 4/.500 238/188 .255/.303/.403/.706 .921/.647 .645 45/.677 13/3 5/
7.Drew* G/S/vP 12/.350 1/.000 1/.000 10/.871 3/.333 6/1.500 5/1.100 346/279 .298/.410/.565/.975 1.012/.966 .940 87/.788 2/1 17/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/5.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 373/288 .266/.337/.369/.706 .615/.732 .613 100/.578 35/7 5/
25.Lowell G/S/vP 12/.750 ··· 1/.000 9/2.056 5/.600 4/.500 9/.944 337/273 .288/.350/.492/.842 .978/.812 .824 97/.892 1/2 13/
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 57/41 .275/.304/.412/.715 1.181/.541 .824 9/.222 0/0 1/
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 86/63 .295/.337/.462/.799 .664/.842 .884 38/.828 1/1 2/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/.833 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/no AB 3/.666 4/1.250 5/1.000 443/345 .318/.362/.462/.823 .976/.780 .833 103/1.157 9/0 9/
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 31/1.688 ··· 2/1.000 29/.837 9/.555 13/.408 10/.956 389/318 .296/.396/.530/.926 .758/.965 .929 91/.960 1/0 19/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 15/.650 ··· ··· 7/.572 7/.453 13/.322 12/1.222 295/235 .214/.298/.347/.646 .650/.645 .595 73/.421 0/0 7/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 10/.633 ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 6/.833 4/1.750 4/.500 380/319 .316/.382/.567/.949 1.100/.922 .961 89/1.122 3/4 17/
IP 120.0 24.1 32.1 39.2 43.0 38.2 38.2 TOTAL .281/.356/.450/.805 .833/.799 .766 .810 78/22 111/56
ERA-K/9 4.20/3.8 1.11/8.9 3.06/5.3 3.63/4.5 2.30/8.8 3.03/9.5 5.12/7.2 3.81/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (29-11-11)
 Varitek (42-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 521/.291 92/.145 141/.283 166/.285 180/.184 153/.237 177/.248 .256  Ramirez
 Drew
 Crisp
 Ellsbury
 Moss
 Youkilis
61/0/0/6
0/1/81/5
0/71/0/3
49/43/12/3
11/0/14/2
0/0/2/0
OPS .796 .421 .708 .775 .584 .660 .834 .716
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 265/.776 41/.376 65/.702 75/.910 87/.732 75/.419 81/1.074 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 256/.818 51/.456 76/.714 91/.665 93/.453 78/.892 96/.627 .696
Home 307/.792 42/.587 64/.618 95/.689 77/.644 75/.699 83/.786 .726
Last 28d days 108/.820 35/.200 27/.296 26/.828 48/.704 42/.760 50/.952
HR/SB/CS 12/1/2 1/2/1 1/2/1 3/4/1 2/5/0 4/3/1 9/5/1 91/74/21
Usage ········ o·····X· ·o······ ······X· X·····XX X······X ·o······
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB
53.Aardsma
G/S/vB
17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB
56.Hansen
G/S/vB
48.Lopez*
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP 64/.868 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/2.000 5/.400 5/.000 15/.962 359/286 .272/.309/.403/.712 .682/.720 .827 73/.847 6/2 9/
2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/2.000 233/174 .284/.314/.399/.713 .769/.695 .619 65/.856 6/2 3/
28.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 /// / 1/ 0/0 0/
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 13/.718 2/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 4/.250 13/.166 270/210 .277/.379/.329/.708 .785/.686 .777 82/.558 17/6 0/
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 24/1.875 3/1.167 2/4.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 10/.311 17/1.027 373/284 .288/.349/.490/.838 .760/.863 .772 85/.764 2/1 16/
48.Hunter G/S/vP 35/.988 4/1.417 2/.500 2/3.500 2/2.500 4/1.000 1/.000 5/1.200 382/289 .272/.335/.453/.788 .813/.780 .901 86/.760 10/4 12/
6.Izturis# G/S/vP 5/1.200 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 273/214 .275/.336/.368/.704 .721/.699 .703 48/.839 9/2 3/
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 204/151 .316/.338/.466/.805 .701/.841 .707 83/.838 5/3 2/
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 12/1.144 1/no AB 1/.000 1/5.000 3/.333 5/1.400 3/.000 6/.000 363/283 .280/.322/.425/.747 .915/.700 .692 86/.627 2/0 9/
5.Mathis G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 196/143 .208/.288/.339/.627 .853/.550 .470 54/.435 1/1 6/
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 20/.516 1/3.000 3/2.334 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 9/.222 348/260 .235/.310/.350/.661 .681/.653 .623 50/.499 6/2 7/
39.Quinlan G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 106/61 .258/.311/.299/.610 .650/.581 .724 12/.167 1/1 1/
21.Rivera G/S/vP 7/1.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 6/1.100 101/60 .242/.307/.374/.681 .400/.883 .801 43/1.013 0/0 3/
77.Willits# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 79/64 .161/.293/.210/.503 .457/.509 .629 10/.268 1/0 0/
IP 122.1 39.1 39.2 27.1 37.2 38.1 40.2 27.0 TOTAL .258/.319/.391/.711 .714/.710 .717 .708 71/25 85/52
ERA-K/9 3.60/6.2 2.75/9.4 4.54/8.8 5.27/7.9 2.87/5.0 2.82/8.7 2.43/11.3 6.00/5.0 3.84/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Budde (0-0-0)
 Mathis (38-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 507/.217 171/.207 171/.240 127/.229 159/.277 168/.255 161/.213 126/.303 .245  Anderson
 Matthews
 Guerrero
 Hunter
 Rivera
 Willits
 Quinlan
53/0/0/4
29/12/29/4
0/0/64/4
0/85/0/3
12/1/7/2
12/5/11/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .663 .637 .686 .651 .778 .697 .568 .846 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 197/.590 73/.596 73/.604 51/.749 83/.741 66/.588 91/.563 59/.965 .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 310/.712 98/.669 98/.750 76/.586 76/.814 102/.770 70/.575 67/.740 .696
Road 289/.684 81/.490 88/.757 57/.585 67/.828 92/.589 75/.694 69/.814 .697
Last 28d days 99/.418 23/.749 41/.732 35/.557 40/.993 36/.817 36/.678 21/.501
HR/SB/CS 16/21/7 1/2/0 3/6/0 2/1/0 3/1/2 4/0/1 3/2/0 3/3/0 85/71/21
Usage ·······X ·o······ ······X· ·o·····o ·X······ ······X· ······X· ·o·····o

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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